Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an infant feeding support worker within a Community Infant Feeding Team working in partnership with the health visiting teams and family hubs within Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (HMR).
Please note that the funding for this role is fixed and will end on 31st March 2025.
Main duties of the job
- To work with appropriate supervision alongside the community specialist infant feeding lead to undertake a range of tasks including promoting and supporting breastfeeding
- To work with families who are experiencing feeding difficulties in the early post-natal weeks and months
- Making initial contact to parents who have just had a baby to offer early interventions and support
- To offer 1:1 support or group sessions across the 5 family hubs in HMR
- To work with the Infant Feeding Team offering families evidence-based information and support around infant feeding and nutrition.
- Deliver community groups that support the infant feeding agenda in line with standard operating procedures.
- To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by senior staff.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire- to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Good level of basic education, including GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
Desirable
- Accredited breastfeeding peer support training course
- UNICEF BFI certificate
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge and experience of IT skills eg Microsoft office including experience of using databases
- Previous experience of working with children, young people and families
- Experience of supporting mothers face to face with breastfeeding
Desirable
- Knowledge of EPR e.g. System 1
- Experience of working with diverse ethnic and social groups
- Experience of working in a health or community setting in paid or volunteer capacity
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- Good level of basic education, including GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English
Desirable
- Accredited breastfeeding peer support training course
- UNICEF BFI certificate
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge and experience of IT skills eg Microsoft office including experience of using databases
- Previous experience of working with children, young people and families
- Experience of supporting mothers face to face with breastfeeding
Desirable
- Knowledge of EPR e.g. System 1
- Experience of working with diverse ethnic and social groups
- Experience of working in a health or community setting in paid or volunteer capacity
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).